diff --git a/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx b/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx
index a947725..5e1d4c7 100644
--- a/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx
+++ b/components/reasoning-workspace.jsx
@@ -120,18 +120,36 @@ function CurrentUnderstanding({ currentSummary }) {
 }
 
 // ── Current investigation card (prominent) ─────────────────────
-function CurrentInvestigationCard({ selectedQuestion }) {
+function CurrentInvestigationCard({ selectedQuestion, graph }) {
   if (!selectedQuestion) return null;
 
   const q = typeof selectedQuestion === "string" ? selectedQuestion : selectedQuestion.question;
   if (!q) return null;
 
+  const activeNode = graph?.activeUnknownNodeId
+    ? graph.nodes.find((n) => n.id === graph.activeUnknownNodeId)
+    : null;
+
   return (
-    <div className="investigation-card rounded-lg border-2 border-green-300 bg-green-50 p-6 transition-opacity duration-300">
+    <div className="investigation-card rounded-lg border-2 border-green-300 bg-green-50 p-6">
       <h2 className="mb-2 text-sm font-bold uppercase tracking-wide text-green-700">
         Current investigation
       </h2>
       <p className="text-xl font-semibold leading-snug text-gray-900">{q}</p>
+      {activeNode?.description && activeNode.description !== activeNode.label && (
+        <div className="mt-4 space-y-1">
+          <h3 className="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wide text-green-800">Why we are asking this</h3>
+          <p className="text-sm text-gray-700">{activeNode.description}</p>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {graph?.activeUnknownNodeId && activeNode && (
+        <div className="mt-2 space-y-1">
+          <h3 className="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wide text-green-800">What we are investigating</h3>
+          <p className="text-sm text-gray-700">
+            Understanding whether "{activeNode.label}" affects the confidence in this situation.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -152,49 +170,70 @@ function hasGenuineCompletion(graph) {
   return true;
 }
 
-// ── Investigation progress card ──────────────────────────────
-function InvestigationProgress({ graph, noQuestionReason: rwNoQuestionReason }) {
-  if (!graph?.nodes?.length) return null;
-
-  const resolvedIds = new Set(graph.resolvedNodeIds || []);
-  const unknowns = graph.nodes.filter((n) => n.kind === "unknown");
-  const remainingCount = unknowns.filter(
-    (u) => u.status !== "resolved" && !resolvedIds.has(u.id),
-  ).length;
-  const activeNode = graph.activeUnknownNodeId
+// ── Current focus card ───────────────────────────────────────
+function CurrentFocusCard({ graph }) {
+  const activeNode = graph?.activeUnknownNodeId
     ? graph.nodes.find((n) => n.id === graph.activeUnknownNodeId)
     : null;
 
-  const isComplete = hasGenuineCompletion(graph);
+  if (!graph || !activeNode) return null;
 
   return (
-    <div className="investigation-card rounded-lg border border-gray-200 bg-white px-5 py-4">
-      {remainingCount > 0 && !isComplete ? (
-        <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-gray-700">
-          We are still building confidence about your situation.{" "}
-          {remainingCount === 1
-            ? "One area remains."
-            : `${remainingCount} areas remain.`}
-        </p>
-      ) : (
-        <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-gray-700">
-          All areas under investigation are now complete.
-        </p>
-      )}
-      {activeNode && (
-        <>
-          <h3 className="mt-3 mb-1 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-gray-400">
-            Current focus
-          </h3>
-          <p className="text-sm font-medium text-gray-900">{activeNode.label}</p>
-          {activeNode.description && activeNode.description !== activeNode.label && (
-            <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-gray-500">Why it matters: {activeNode.description}</p>
-          )}
-        </>
-      )}
-      {!activeNode && remainingCount === 0 && (
-        <p className="mt-3 text-sm text-gray-500">There is nothing further to investigate at this time.</p>
-      )}
+    <div className="rounded-lg border border-gray-200 bg-gray-50 px-5 py-4">
+      <h3 className="mb-1 text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wide text-gray-500">
+        Current focus
+      </h3>
+      <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-gray-700">
+        We are investigating one part of your situation at a time.
+        {activeNode && (
+          <>
+            <br />
+            Right now we are trying to understand{" "}
+            <strong>{activeNode.label}</strong>.
+          </>
+        )}
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+// ── Investigation history card ────────────────────────────────
+function InvestigationHistoryCard({ turn }) {
+  return (
+    <details className="rounded-lg border border-gray-100 bg-gray-50/60 px-4 py-3">
+      <summary className="cursor-pointer text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-600">
+        {new Date(turn.timestamp).toLocaleString(undefined, {
+          month: "short",
+          day: "numeric",
+          hour: "2-digit",
+          minute: "2-digit",
+        })}
+      </summary>
+      <div className="mt-2 space-y-2 text-sm">
+        <p><strong>{turn.question}</strong></p>
+        <p className="text-gray-700">{turn.answer}</p>
+        {turn.engineResponse && (
+          <p className="italic text-gray-500">{turn.engineResponse}</p>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </details>
+  );
+}
+
+// ── Investigation history section ─────────────────────────────
+function InvestigationHistory({ turns }) {
+  if (!turns || turns.length === 0) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-3">
+      <h2 className="text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-wider text-gray-400">
+        Investigation history
+      </h2>
+      <div className="space-y-2">
+        {turns.map((turn, idx) => (
+          <InvestigationHistoryCard key={idx} turn={turn} />
+        ))}
+      </div>
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -251,13 +290,12 @@ function LoadingOverlay({ isLoading, elapsed, currentMessage, variant }) {
 }
 
 // ── Update acknowledgement ────────────────────────────────────
-function UpdateAcknowledgement({ answer, updateResult }) {
-  if (!updateResult || !answer?.trim()) return null;
+function UpdateAcknowledgement({ updateResult }) {
+  if (!updateResult) return null;
 
-  const hasResolvedNodes =
-    updateResult.resolvedUnknownNodeIds && updateResult.resolvedUnknownNodeIds.length > 0;
-  const hasAffectedNodes =
-    updateResult.affectedNodeIds && updateResult.affectedNodeIds.length > 0;
+  const summary = updateResult.summary;
+  const hasResolvedNodes = updateResult.resolvedUnknownNodeIds?.length > 0;
+  const hasAffectedNodes = updateResult.affectedNodeIds?.length > 0;
   const graph = updateResult.updatedSituationGraph;
 
   function getNodeText(nodeId) {
@@ -274,34 +312,24 @@ function UpdateAcknowledgement({ answer, updateResult }) {
   }
 
   let changedText;
-  if (hasResolvedNodes || hasAffectedNodes) {
+  if (hasResolvedNodes) {
     const items = [];
-    if (hasResolvedNodes) {
-      for (const id of updateResult.resolvedUnknownNodeIds.slice(0, 5)) {
-        items.push(getNodeText(id));
-      }
-      if (updateResult.resolvedUnknownNodeIds.length > 5) {
-        items.push(`and ${updateResult.resolvedUnknownNodeIds.length - 5} more resolved`);
-      }
+    for (const id of updateResult.resolvedUnknownNodeIds.slice(0, 3)) {
+      items.push(getNodeText(id));
     }
-    if (hasAffectedNodes && !hasResolvedNodes) {
-      for (const id of updateResult.affectedNodeIds.slice(0, 5)) {
-        items.push(getNodeText(id));
-      }
-      if (updateResult.affectedNodeIds.length > 5) {
-        items.push(`and ${updateResult.affectedNodeIds.length - 5} more affected`);
-      }
+    if (updateResult.resolvedUnknownNodeIds.length > 3) {
+      items.push(`and ${updateResult.resolvedUnknownNodeIds.length - 3} more resolved`);
     }
-    if (items.length === 0 && updateResult.changesApplied) {
-      const parts = [];
-      const ca = updateResult.changesApplied;
-      if (ca.addedNodeCount) parts.push(`${ca.addedNodeCount} node(s) added`);
-      if (ca.updatedNodeCount) parts.push(`${ca.updatedNodeCount} node(s) updated`);
-      if (ca.resolvedUnknownCount) parts.push(`${ca.resolvedUnknownCount} unknown(s) resolved`);
-      changedText = parts.join(", ");
-    } else {
-      changedText = items.join(". ") + ".";
+    changedText = items.join(". ") + ".";
+  } else if (hasAffectedNodes) {
+    const items = [];
+    for (const id of updateResult.affectedNodeIds.slice(0, 3)) {
+      items.push(getNodeText(id));
     }
+    if (updateResult.affectedNodeIds.length > 3) {
+      items.push(`and ${updateResult.affectedNodeIds.length - 3} more affected`);
+    }
+    changedText = items.join(". ") + ".";
   } else if (updateResult.changesApplied) {
     const ca = updateResult.changesApplied;
     const parts = [];
@@ -312,23 +340,11 @@ function UpdateAcknowledgement({ answer, updateResult }) {
     changedText = parts.length > 0 ? parts.join(", ") : null;
   }
 
-  const summary = updateResult.summary || null;
-  const displayChanged = summary || changedText || "Your answer has been added to the investigation.";
+  const displayMessage = summary || changedText || "Your answer has been added to the investigation.";
 
   return (
-    <div className="rounded-lg border border-blue-200 bg-blue-50 px-5 py-4 space-y-3">
-      <div>
-        <h3 className="mb-1 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-blue-700">
-          You told us
-        </h3>
-        <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-blue-900">{answer}</p>
-      </div>
-      <div>
-        <h3 className="mb-1 text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-blue-700">
-          What changed
-        </h3>
-        <p className="text-sm leading-relaxed text-blue-900">{displayChanged}</p>
-      </div>
+    <div className="rounded-lg border border-blue-100 bg-blue-50/80 px-5 py-3 text-sm text-blue-900">
+      {displayMessage}
     </div>
   );
 }
@@ -367,6 +383,35 @@ export default function ReasoningWorkspace({
   onAnswerSubmit,
   lastSubmittedAnswer,
 }) {
+  const [investigationHistory, setInvestigationHistory] = useState([]);
+
+  // Capture the previous question before each new question is set
+  const prevQuestionRef = useRef(null);
+  const hasCapturedInitialQuestion = useRef(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (result?.selectedQuestion && !hasCapturedInitialQuestion.current) {
+      prevQuestionRef.current = result.selectedQuestion;
+      hasCapturedInitialQuestion.current = true;
+    }
+  }, [result?.selectedQuestion]);
+
+  // Append completed turn to history after a successful update
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (updateStatus === "success" && lastSubmittedAnswer) {
+      const q = prevQuestionRef.current;
+      setInvestigationHistory((prev) => [
+        ...prev,
+        {
+          question: typeof q === "string" ? q : q?.question ?? "",
+          answer: lastSubmittedAnswer,
+          engineResponse: result?.summary || null,
+          timestamp: Date.now(),
+        },
+      ]);
+    }
+  }, [updateStatus, lastSubmittedAnswer]);
+
   const { elapsed: startElapsed, currentMessage: startMsg } = useLoadingStatus(
     INITIAL_MESSAGES,
     status === "loading"
@@ -392,12 +437,7 @@ export default function ReasoningWorkspace({
   const newlySurfacedNodeIds = result?.newlySurfacedNodeIds || [];
   const noQuestionReason = diagnostics?.noQuestionReason ?? null;
 
-  const remainingUnknowns = graph?.nodes?.filter(
-    (n) => n.kind === "unknown" && n.status !== "resolved" && !(graph.resolvedNodeIds || []).includes(n.id),
-  );
-
   const genuineCompletion = hasGenuineCompletion(graph);
-  const unresolvedRemaining = !genuineCompletion && remainingUnknowns ? remainingUnknowns.length > 0 : false;
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-5">
@@ -427,26 +467,27 @@ export default function ReasoningWorkspace({
         </div>
       ) : (
         <>
-          {/* ── Post-update acknowledgement ─────────────── */}
-          {updateStatus === "success" && graph && (
-            <UpdateAcknowledgement answer={lastSubmittedAnswer} updateResult={result} />
-          )}
+          {/* Post-update acknowledgement */}
+          {updateStatus === "success" && canAnswer && <UpdateAcknowledgement updateResult={result} />}
 
-          {/* Completion state (only when there is no next question and nothing remains) */}
+          {/* Completion state */}
           {status === "success" && !canAnswer && graph && genuineCompletion && (
             <InvestigationCompleteMessage noQuestionReason={noQuestionReason} />
           )}
-          {status === "success" && !canAnswer && graph && unresolvedRemaining && updateStatus !== "success" && (
+          {status === "success" && !canAnswer && graph && !genuineCompletion && updateStatus !== "success" && (
             <div className="rounded-lg border border-gray-200 bg-gray-50 px-5 py-4 text-center">
               <p className="text-sm text-gray-600">There is no further question the engine can justify at the moment.</p>
               <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-gray-500">More evidence may be needed before a next step is clear.</p>
             </div>
           )}
 
+          {/* Situation context */}
           {graph && <SituationCard centralStatement={graph.centralStatement} />}
           {graph && <CurrentUnderstanding currentSummary={graph.currentSummary} />}
-          {canAnswer && <CurrentInvestigationCard selectedQuestion={selectedQ} />}
-          {graph && <InvestigationProgress graph={graph} noQuestionReason={noQuestionReason} />}
+
+          {/* Active investigation (only when we have a question to answer) */}
+          {canAnswer && <CurrentInvestigationCard selectedQuestion={selectedQ} graph={graph} />}
+          {canAnswer && <CurrentFocusCard graph={graph} />}
 
           {/* ── Answer form ──────────────────────────────── */}
           {canAnswer && (
@@ -480,6 +521,9 @@ export default function ReasoningWorkspace({
             </form>
           )}
 
+          {/* ── Investigation history (below the answer form) ─ */}
+          <InvestigationHistory turns={investigationHistory} />
+
           {/* ── Developer details (collapsed by default) ─── */}
           {(status === "success" || status === "error") && graph && (
             <DeveloperDetails